aquaponics
AQUAPONICS
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To Inform my audience my audience about Aquaponics.
Central Idea: I would like to inform my audience why aquaponics is better then soil gardening and why it may not be better than soil gardening.
Introduction:
Would like to bigger and better tasting fruit and vegetables? Then, I have the solution for you-aquaponics. Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics (growing plants with water in sand, gravel, or liquid but without soil.) and aquaculture (fish farming). The plants and the fish work together in a system that is constantly recycling its own water. The fish live and produce waste that the plants can use. The fish waste is brought to the plants in the grow bed where they filter the water by absorbing the ammonia and nitrites then converting them into a nutrient rich solution that they can feed off of. According to the February 2011 issue 21 of HortTechnology, aquaponics is the future method of effectively feeding the world and creating a home that uses green products.
Aquaponics is better than soil gardening for many reasons. One reason it is a sustainable gardening technique because the fish proved safe nutrients for your plants. Aquaponics is completely organic. Also, aquaponics does well in many different climates. However, there are also some reasons not to use an Aquaponic system to grow you fruit and vegetables. One of the cons to operating an aquaponics system is the initial cost to set-up the system. Another con to aquaponics is that some people may be concerned with the price of electricity in order to run the Aquaponic system. The last con to aquaponics is, for some people, dealing with the fish can seem like a lot of work. Though, I feel that the reasons to use an Aquaponic system out weigh way the reasons not you use it. I will let you be the judge of that.
First, I will explain why aquaponics is better than soil gardening.
Body:
I. Aquaponics is better than
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To Inform my audience my audience about Aquaponics.
Central Idea: I would like to inform my audience why aquaponics is better then soil gardening and why it may not be better than soil gardening.
Introduction:
Would like to bigger and better tasting fruit and vegetables? Then, I have the solution for you-aquaponics. Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics (growing plants with water in sand, gravel, or liquid but without soil.) and aquaculture (fish farming). The plants and the fish work together in a system that is constantly recycling its own water. The fish live and produce waste that the plants can use. The fish waste is brought to the plants in the grow bed where they filter the water by absorbing the ammonia and nitrites then converting them into a nutrient rich solution that they can feed off of. According to the February 2011 issue 21 of HortTechnology, aquaponics is the future method of effectively feeding the world and creating a home that uses green products.
Aquaponics is better than soil gardening for many reasons. One reason it is a sustainable gardening technique because the fish proved safe nutrients for your plants. Aquaponics is completely organic. Also, aquaponics does well in many different climates. However, there are also some reasons not to use an Aquaponic system to grow you fruit and vegetables. One of the cons to operating an aquaponics system is the initial cost to set-up the system. Another con to aquaponics is that some people may be concerned with the price of electricity in order to run the Aquaponic system. The last con to aquaponics is, for some people, dealing with the fish can seem like a lot of work. Though, I feel that the reasons to use an Aquaponic system out weigh way the reasons not you use it. I will let you be the judge of that.
First, I will explain why aquaponics is better than soil gardening.
Body:
I. Aquaponics is better than
Bibliography: Tyson, Richard, Treadwell, Danielle, and Simonne, Eric. “Opportunities and Challenges to Sustainability in Aquaponic Systems.” HortTechnology Feb. 2011:6-13. Bernstein, Sylvia. Aquaponic Gardening: A Step by Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish. Boston: New Society Publishers, 2013. Print. Arlee. Good Karma Aquaponics. San Diego Aquaponics 2013. Web. 28 February 2014.